Rating

10/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Review client documentation to establish how they have come to the figures they have put on their financial statements. Review accounting policies to look for year on year change and identify any untoward changes or anything which creates cause for concern. Send off requests to confirm how much cash clients hold.

    10/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • yes , i have learnt a great deal mainly in excel. Learnt to use formulas such as SUM , SUM IF, V LOOK UP, CONCATENATE, CONDITIONAL FORMATTING as well as using a whole host of google tools for example google drive, sheets, chats, mail. Furthermore, technology such as Ateryx as become key in pwc working.

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Thoroughly enjoy my programme as it gives the best of uni life, whilst still getting an introduction in to the world of work. The fact that this programme combines fast qualification with an extended time at university of four years, i would recommend it to everyone. I will have a degree and be qualified in 5 years total.

    10/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • in my opinion, the programme is structured extremely well. All the exams that we take are based off of the institute of chartered accountants accredited exams which means when we take them, we pass our university modules as well as gaining a professional accreditation. At the end of the course we get 12/15 exemptions

    10/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • during our time on the course, we receive lots of support. While we are at university they fund our institute of chartered accountants text books, question banks and study manuals, and there are discounted tuition fees. When we are at work, we get a competitive salary as well as other packages.

    10/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • when we are working towards our qualificaitons we receive a lot of support. we have all text books, study manuals and question banks provided for us. while we work we also get reduced hours so to give time to revise, as well as two weeks at college in the run up.

    10/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • i feel it helps a huge amount , this is because all of our exams are based around the exams set by the institute of chartered accountants. this means that we have all the required knowledge before we head in to our placements. this is supported by a week of specific training before we go

    10/10

  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
  • there are lots of extra curricular activities to get involved with. while at work you can join the weekly 5 a side team , or the pwc running club, or join one of the google pages to become part of a community with similar interests. some to note are pwc pets , golf or cars

    10/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • PwC is a huge firm but the people with in this firm make you feel at home right away through social group involvement and daily emails and invites to social activities. not only this, but the competitive salary and opportunity for promotion is almost unrivalled by competing firms such as EY, Deloitte or KPMG


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to PwC?
  • before applying i would suggest you thoroughly review the job role that you are applying for and review which area of pwc you want to join before applying. this is not generic to pwc but any large accounting firm as you ability to get on with the job will affect you experience massively


Details

School Leaver Programme

Accounting

London

March 2020


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